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‘PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES’ – warns Bush

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President Bush yesterday warned Americans that the economic damage to the US will be ‘painful and lasting’ if Congress fails to pass his $700...
GABRIEL POLLEY being excluded from the UEA hustings on Thursday night – Charles Clarke was again looking on

WRP candidate excluded

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GABRIEL Polley, WRP candidate for Norwich South was prevented from speaking at the Election hustings at the University of East Anglia last Thursday. Gabriel...

TUC demands recognise the state of Palestine and permanent ceasefire!

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THE TUC unanimously passed Composite Motion C17 at its Congress in Brighton yesterday, demanding: ‘Immediately recognise the State of Palestine... end licences for all...

‘THE TALKS ARE A TRAP’ – We must strike on Thursday and Friday

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‘The talks are a trap to get over Christmas,’ warned Hampstead Delivery Office Communication Workers Union (CWU) deputy unit rep John Taylor yesterday. He...

Hezbollah ‘swarm’ of drones hits Israeli military camp!

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HEZBOLLAH carried out its deadliest attack against Israel since the latest escalation in fighting began on Sunday night, sending a ‘swarm’ of drones to...

15th GP dies of Covid Doctors demand NHS staff vaccination speed-up & condemn gap...

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HIGHLY respected London GP Dr Augustine Obaro died from Covid-19 on New Year’s Day, becoming the 15th GP lost to the pandemic. Dr Obaro, who...

Tories won’t address NHS pay and workforce crisis!

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CLEARLY the Tory government is determined NOT to address the drastic workforce and pay crisis in the NHS which is at the centre of...

Visa Rules Will Drive Doctors Out Of NHS!

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THE BMA has warned that the Tory government’s recommendations on new visa rules from the Migrations Advisory Committee could lead to UK-trained doctors leaving...

Gm Threat To Close Ellesmere Port

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The Unite union, which represents the bulk of the 2,800 workforce at Vauxhall Ellesmere Port, yesterday responded to news that Business Secretary Vince Cable...

TGWU leaders still pushing ‘compromise agreement’

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers were very angry on the picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday when letters from the TGWU solicitor advising them...
All over the country actions are being taken to stop the NHS from being shut down.  Picture shows demonstrators last Saturday in West London at the beginning of a convoy throughout the area against the closure of Ealing, Central Middlesex, Hammersmith and

Doctors Angry Over Lung Care Sabotage

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OVER 1,000 doctors involved in the care of people with lung disease have written to the new NHS Commissioning Board in England, expressing ‘grave...
Part of Monday’s rally outside the Vouli. The SYRIZA youth banner at the rally states ‘overthrow austerity by all means’

Greek Public Sector Strike Today

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AT A STORMY packed meeting of some 300 delegates on Monday the Greek Public Workers Confederation ADEDY decided to call a national 24-hour strike...
North Est London Council of Action picket of Chase farm Hospital yesterday morning

‘we Won’t Let Chase Farm Close!’

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‘WE’RE not going to let Chase Farm close,’ Bill Rogers, North East London Council of Action Secretary told News Line yesterday at a lively...

Brown Calls May Election

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Prime Minister Brown confirmed yesterday that the general election will be held on Thursday 6th May. Flanked by the cabinet outside 10 Downing Street, following...

Johnson squirms over ‘surrender’ to the ‘Surrender Act!’

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Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to deliver a squirming account of his failure to take the UK out of the EU on...

Starmer eager to work with the bosses and the military

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LABOUR Party leader Keir Starmer followed up his refusal to support the £15-an-hour motion carried by the conference on Monday by boasting in his...

Gate Gourmet Tribunals Are Completed

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THE Reading Employment Tribunal has dealt with the last 23 claims for unfair dismissal against Gate Gourmet London arising out of the mass sackings...
Callum Hurley and Katy Moore and supporters challenging the government over tuition fee rises yesterday at the High Court

Tuition Fees Challenged In High Court

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TWO students began a high court battle against the government yesterday challenging the rise in tuition fees as unlawful as it breaches the equality...
Health workers marching to defend the NHS, demanding no cuts, no closures and no privatisation

London NHS Rationing Plans ‘Are A Disgrace!’

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‘MASS rationing of operations to London’s patients’ is being planned under the London Choosing Wisely Programme, which was launched by the Healthy London Partnership...

BMA ‘WHITE PAPER’ CRISIS! – ditches its unconditional support

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THE mounting anger of GPs and consultants over the Lansley NHS White Paper has forced the British Medical Association (BMA) Council to retreat from...

Royal Mail Xmas Strikes Against Mass Sackings

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NEW Christmas strikes have been called against the destruction of postal workers’ livelihoods Following further attacks on the terms and conditions of postal workers, the...

Pay cuts or the sack doctors and nurses to be told

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THOUSANDS of doctors and nurses face being sacked unless they agree to drastic changes to their pay and conditions as hospitals tackle an escalating...

Tories are driven back over schools opening!

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THE PLAN for all primary school years in England to go back to school before the end of term has been dropped by the...
BOB CROW (right) with Thames watermen. He warned that a ‘dilution of safety’ would be met with industrial action

‘NO DILUTION OF SAFETY’ – Crow warns of Thames Waterway industrial action

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‘There must be no dilution of safety and if we find that our members are put in danger then there will have to be...

‘The Police Have Tried To Silence US!’

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OVER 3,000 people massed around the Clapham Common bandstand on Saturday afternoon for a vigil in respect of Sarah Everard who was abducted and...
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary workers demand  a united fight to stop all NHS hospital cuts and closures

NHS Patient Care Is Under Threat

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THE quality and safety of patient care in general practice in England is under threat from rising workload pressures according to a major new...

North Shropshire Disaster For Tories – Pm Johnson Facing Sack!

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THE Tory Party has lost the ‘farming country’ North Shropshire seat’ that it has held for nearly 200 years to the Liberal Democrats, in...

TEACHERS MASS STRIKE ACTI0N! – fighting for a 12% pay rise

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TEACHERS in the NEU (National Education Union) are taking mass strike action this week in their fight for a national 12% pay rise for...

350 London Transit workers on two days strike over pay

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OVER 350 workers employed by London Transit bus company are taking strike action today and Monday after rejecting the company’s latest pay offer. ‘We are...
Weary looking Blair came under fire at GMB conference

POLICE QUESTION LEVY AGAIN – Blair expected to be interviewed under caution

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Lord Levy, Prime Minister Blair’s chief fundraiser and close political ally was questioned for a second time yesterday by police investigating the ‘cash...

Tories forced to U-turn on downgraded results

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‘WE REALISE that we had taken the wrong road and that we needed to change course,’ Roger Taylor, chair of The Office of Qualifications...
Ambulance workers picket at Waterloo – four more years of 1%wage ‘rises’

SACK HUNT! –80,000 sign petition for action

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A PETITION to remove Tory Health Secretary Hunt from his post is already heading towards the 100,000 mark. Some 80,000 people have signed a petition...
Teachers, pupils and parents are occupying Wembley partk Sports Ground to stop the building of a planned private City Academyround

Nut To Support Brent Occupation

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At the union’s annual conference in Harrogate today, the National Union of Teachers National Executive will propose an amendment ‘congratulating (area) divisions’, who have...

USDAW delighted at Tory defeat!

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SHOPWORKERS trade union leader John Hannett is delighted with the House of Commons vote that defeated the government and removed Sunday trading changes...
A section of the Tamil demonstration in Parliament Square yesterday afternoon

‘WE WERE ATTACKED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED POLICE’ say Tamil protesters

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ONE THOUSAND Tamil protesters congregated in Westminster Square yesterday afternoon, in defiance of Monday night’s violent Metropolitan Police attack on them in which at...

Tax hike for workers while rich pay zero! – 1.25% NI hike bulldozed through...

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A VOTE took place last night, fast tracking the Johnson government’s 1.25% hike on National Insurance to pay for social care announced only on...

Nationalise Liberty Steel

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THE GMB and Unite unions yesterday called for Liberty Steel to be nationalised after the Tory government rejected a request for £170m in financial...

Gp Crisis Deepens

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GP leaders yesterday warned the government that its plans to recruit 5,000 new GPs and introduce seven-day opening are undeliverable, as new figures show...

STATE SPYING: Police launch facial recognition app – UN slams state spying on disabled!

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SOUTH Wales Police have launched a facial recognition app which is to be installed on their officers’ phones, prompting human rights campaigners Liberty to...
WRP candidate for Camberwell and Peckham, AMINATA SELLU (holding poster), with some of her supporters

Vote Wrp Vote Aminata Sellu For Camberwell & Peckham

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ON THURSDAY evening workers in the Samlak cafe on Southampton Way, Camberwell showed support for Aminata Sellu, WRP candidate for Camberwell & Peckham. Aminata...

More aid seekers slaughtered in Rafah

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ISRAELI regime forces killed at least 78 Palestinians, including several aid seekers, in bombing attacks across the Gaza Strip yesterday. Palestine’s Safa news agency reported...

Palestinian Deaths Up 500%

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THE Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has condemned the latest escalation of violence by Israeli forces against Palestinians across the occupied territories, saying the Tel...

20 Sri Lankan Soldiers Killed In Tigers Counter-Attack

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COLOMBO – TamilNet reports that 20 Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed in an intensive counter-attack launched by the Tigers on SLA units that...
Crowds assemble outside the Kensington Council meeting where Grenfell Tower survivors told the councillors to resign

‘RESIGN AT ONCE!’ – Grenfell Tower survivors tell Kensington Council

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TORY council leader Elizabeth Campbell was called a ‘murderer’ and told to immediately resign by survivors of the Grenfell Tower tragedy after they pushed...

‘We will resist Met Uni cuts!’

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‘UCU and Unison staff will resist all cuts to courses, jobs and provision at London Met by whatever means, including industrial action.’ University and College...